v. Obs. [ad. OF. festi-er, festeier:—vulgar L. *festicare, f. festum FEAST sb.] = FEAST v. in various senses.
1382. Wyclif, Wisd. viii. 9. I purposide this to bringe to me, to festeye with me.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Sqr.’s T., 337.
| This Cambuscan his lordes festeying, | |
| Til that wet nigh the day began to spring. |
1483. Caxton, G. de la Tour, E b. [They] festyed and chyered their fader. Ibid. (1490), Eneydos, xvi. 63. Mercuryus drewe thyderwarde for to festye the sayd athlas.
c. 1500. Melusine, 49. They all shalbe wel and honourably receyued & wel lodged and wel festyed bothe of delycyous meetes and drynkes.
